1910 Wellington Avalanche
One of the avalanches that occurred in Washington was in 1910. This event happened in Wellington, 3 miles west of stevens pass. An extreme avalanche was caused by a thunderstorm happening at that same day. The snow rumbled over a train and some cabins that killed 96 and injured another 23 people. It took the railroad workers 3 weeks before they could start running trains through there again. The snow also knocked down all the trees in its path. The train was delayed because of avalanche danger but they didn’t realize that where they were was an avalanche danger area. This event will most likely occur next in Stevens pass because it has the steepest slopes and gets a lot of snow in Washington.